noradrenaline/diarrhea

A 23-month-old girl with intractable diarrhea that had persisted for the past 6 months showed typical evidence of water-diarrhea-hypokalemia-achlorhydria (WDHA) syndrome. Serum vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)-like immunoactivity was very high, and urine homovanillic acid and noradrenaline were

Clioquinol (5-chloro-7-indo-8-quinolinol), a chelator and ionophore of copper/zinc, was extensively used as an amebicide to treat indigestion and diarrhea in the mid-1900s. However, it was withdrawn from the market in Japan because its use was epidemiologically linked to an increase in the incidence

The effects of venlafaxine, a novel serotonin and adrenaline reuptake inhibitor, on the morphine withdrawal and activation of morphine conditioned place preference (CPP), were investigated in rats. Our results showed that the most morphine withdrawal signs, including jumping, writhing, shakes,

The pharmacological properties of MO-8282 (1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2-methyl-9H-dibenzo [3,4: 6,7]cyclohepta [1,2-c]pyridine maleate) as an antidepressant were investigated. At doses 10 times less than those of amitriptyline, MO-8282 showed similar potencies in reducing the duration of immobility during

The effect of the vanadium complex bis[curcumino]oxovanadium (BCOV) on blood glucose level, serum lipid levels, blood pressure and vascular reactivity were studied in non-diabetic and streptozotocin-induced diabetic (STZ-diabetic) rats and compared to that of vanadyl sulfate. Blood glucose level,

A young woman with acute intermittent porphyria is described. She was admitted in a prolonged attack and had developed a flaccid quadriplegia. During the course she showed various manifestations of the autonomic nervous system, including pupils, gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular system and

Effects of pretreatment with the selective corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) subtype 1 (CRF(1)) receptor antagonist, 2-(N-(2-methylthio-4-isopropylphenyl)-N-ethyl-amino-4-(4-(3-fluorophenyl)-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridin-1-yl)-6-methylpyrimidine (CRA1000) on the behavioral and biochemical changes

Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) is a common cause of diarrhea in children in developing countries. After adhering to intestinal cells, EPEC secretes effector proteins into host cells, causing cell damage and eventually death. We previously showed that EPEC infection triggers the release of ATP from

The watery diarrhea, hypokalemia and achlorhydria (WHDA) syndrome due to vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)-producing extra-pancreatic tumors is rare. We report on a 45-year-old woman who suffered from persistent secretory diarrhea for six years and who was admitted to hospital with complaints

BACKGROUND A 52-year-old woman underwent successful resection of stage IIB primary mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix and was started on capecitabine chemotherapy. Five days into the first course, after initially experiencing diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and a transient episode of retrosternal

The study was performed on 20 piglets of both sexes. The control group consisted of 10 healthy piglets, the experimental, group included 10 piglets with symptoms of gastroenteritis. All the animals were subjected to euthanasia at the age of 21 or 35 days (weaning), or 7 days after weaning, and

The carcinoid syndrome can arise when effluent blood from carcinoid tumor tissue gains access to the systemic, as opposed to the portal, venous system. Features include facial flushing, diarrhea, wheezing, right-sided cardiac lesions, and retroperitoneal fibrosis. Attacks of flushing, diarrhea, and

The rabbit catecholamine responses to bacterial toxins commonly found in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) victims were studied as part of a proposed animal model for SIDS. Six bacterial toxins commonly isolated from SIDS baby feces and a comparison endotoxin were injected intravenously (i.v.) and

A 52-year-old man with hypohidrosis and selective parasympathetic peripheral autonomic nerve disturbances of acute onset is described. In April 1991, he noted a feeling of dryness in the eyes and the oral cavity, disturbance of taste, difficulty in micturition and a feeling of dryness at the distal